And when it rains...

My last post gave the saga of W's head...
Since then T came down with a cold - no big deal, except he's not eating much. That's normal enough for a sick kid but T hasn't got the reserves to do that with! I noticed he was puffing as he went about his usual play so he got to visit our beloved GP on Friday. End result, because his temp went back up today - he's on antibiotics.

N's picked up the cold and cough from T but doing well enough on his own.

W - just to be different, has a tummy bug! Probably picked up in the ED waiting room over last weekend but now I'm trying to keep all 3 apart, keep W hydrated, make sure I don't carry the bug from W to the others etc. My hands are getting sore from washing but if T got a tummy bug it'd be a disaster!

P saw a different specialist about his foot this week - probable osteomelytis and needs an MRI to see exactly what's going on. Oh, yes and by the way - no wonder you are having pain on walking - the fat pad at the ball of your foot was dead so they removed it and the notes say you need orthotics - why haven't you got them yet?

He's walking on bone and even when he complained of pain no one read through the notes to see they needed to tell him to get the orthotics...hospitals...

At least there's something positive - N has managed to gain some more weight! He's gained 500g in about a month so the change to the slow release ritalin really is paying off! I know that gain isn't just from his high cal drinks either - we know he's eating dinner better and faster - like in the normal family dinner time rather than over 3 hours and taking it to his room!

When the drains blocked last weekend - yes, the same weekend as we were in and out of ED, - we decided, completely unplanned, to go out to dinner. We had a nice family dinner, no one misbehaved, we weren't stressed, and everyone enjoyed it - and Nicholas even ate everything and got to have icecream! We got home and I realised what we'd actually been able to do - thanks to the slow release med N was under good control and we didn't have to plan the trip out to dinner, extra medication - then he wouldn't want to eat etc. FANTASTIC to have a 'normal' family outing!!

T sees the paed on Tuesday so I'll update after that - hopefully good news to report about actually starting to DO SOMETHING about his eating!